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Like much in life there are more and less effective ways to ask for raises and I’m going to share with you one of the best — and, apparently, less known tips for getting a good raise if you work for a big corporation: Ask for your raise at the right time of the year.

Welcome, my fellow Hackers, to your Friday Open Thread. I welcome you to this installment as Summer winds to its inevitable end. Children here in Southern California are already going back to school. And, while I probably shouldn’t mention it for fear of jinxing it, the weather here has been surprisingly mild the…

How many times have you read a blog post or heard a Podast or perused a magazine article with this message: “Save for your retiremient. Oh, but if you retire early there’s no way you can spend money from your retirement accounts until the year you reach age 59 1/2. Because if you do, you’ll pay penalties to the…

It’s Friday the Thirteenth, Hakerettes. My mom was born on Friday, January 13, 1922, and I’m here — surprising though you may find it — to tell you how lucky we all are. Our friends at Lifehacker are, once again, indulging us by hosting the Friday Open Thread. We have access to the internet so we can easily explore…

In honor of National Preparedness month, I invite you to prepare for the weekend by participating in the Friday Open Thread, brought to you by your friends at Hackerspace. We thank Lifehacker for giving us this opportunity and for the reminder that we all — Boy Scouts or not — should Be Prepared.

While summer may not be officially here for a few days, has your summer already started in earnest? Are you busy grilling, planing your trips and shaking out your summer duds? Is this the summer you jump on the bandwagon and take a staycation?

Greetings and salutations, fellow Lifehackers. I’m chuffed to be hosting my very first Friday Open a Thread; please be kind to me. The Friday Open Thread is brought to you by HackerSpace, a reader-run service of Lifehacker.